2017/2018

2018/2019

DM270

FIS/03 (MATERIAL PHYSICS)

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Fisica della materia

2°

1st semester (01/10/2018 - 18/01/2019)

6

56 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

PATRINI MADDALENA (titolare) - 3 ECTS
GALINETTO PIETRO - 3 ECTS

Basics of Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics, and Physics and Chemistry of matter

By illustrating the physical bases and experimental technologies typical of solid state spectroscopies, the aim of the course is to capture the student's critical ability in choosing the methods of investigation and the most appropriate techniques for studying the investigated material, to analyze its structural, compositional, electronic and vibrational properties.

General topics concerning spectroscopy are first presented: radiation-matter interaction, dielectric function and complex refractive index of materials, dispersion and Kramers-Kronig relations, local field effects, classical and quantum treatments of optical transitions. Specific optical spectroscopies and their applications are then illustrated: reflectance and transmittance with both dispersive and Fourier-transform spectrophotometers; ellipsometry; Raman spectroscopy and luminescence; electronic paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; time-resolved optical spectroscopies. Complementary techniques for topographic and morphological imaging, such as Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and other probe microscopies, are presented.

The course program includes both theoretical lessons and laboratory exercises, essentially related to optical spectroscopies.

H. Kuzmany Solid State Spectroscopy: an introduction (Springer 2009)
Handbook of Spectroscopy, G. Gauglitz & T. Vo-Dinh editors (Wiley, 2003)
and other material provided by the teachers.

Oral examination. The student first presents a specific topic (among those presented during the course and agreed with the teachers) illustrating the physical basics and the experimental issues, also recalling one or more scientific papers that report experimental results related to the chosen methodology/ technique.